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I have just received word that WWE has added yet another new PPV to it’s on going onslaught of terrible gimmick events scheduled this year. Only this one is a replacement name, and a one that no doubt in the coming weeks will be met with over the top criticism from wrestling fans, including myself.

WWE Wild Card , another new PPV on the WWE schedule was due to take place on May 23rd [The date ring a bell?]. Well, a PPV will take place on that day but not Wild Card as first announced. Instead it will be replaced by a PPV named WWE “Over the Limit”. The name is very similar to one of WWE’s former PPV events, “Over The Edge”, the PPV in which Owen Hart fell to his death in 1999.

[^^^ The promotional poster from that tragic night in '99]

Not only will the event be re-named to the almost exact same name, but it will take place on exactly the same day, May 23rd 2010, 11 years after the fatal accident which shook the wrestling world and the WWF at the time. Thankfully the event is not taking place in the same arena, or that would just be too much.

Maybe WWE will recognise the tragic incident on the night, with Bret Hart making a speech at the start of the PPV addressing what actually happened 11 years to the day, or maybe it’s just freakishly similar and to no fault of WWE, just a coincidence, but sadly, only time will tell, I just hope WWE do this right, and not use it as the return to the past in a bad way.

Ryan Devlin.

Originally TNA’s next PPV offering was booked to be one of THE most exciting, original, new branded PPV’s on the whole TNA yearly calender. This made me and thousands of TNA maniacs very happy, finally the guttered down X Division was getting put back in the spotlight again, finally, TNA are going to devote a full three hour paying event to the quality full on style of the X Division. That was of course until the decision was made to scrap the idea of a full X Division PPV, although the X Division will get some major spotlight in this event, it will not headline, nor will it fill the card with exciting death defying matches, instead we will be treated to the annual Ultimate X frenzy and the rest, well, your usual TNA PPV offering.

Now this decision was made because Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoif convinced TNA management that the X Division doesn’t have enough pulling power to hold out a full three hour spectacular, they said and I quote, it will look like an indy show and PPV buys will significantly plummet. Well, to be fair, I can see were they are coming from, but if you book this event right, with the right guys headlining and in the right matches, this PPV could end up being the show dedicated to the X Division every year, and would be one of those PPVs you know you’ll enjoy no matter what. Hell it even has a name branded for the X Division.

Not only would this work to it’s finest, but it will give the rest of the TNA roster, I.E the main eventers, Knockouts and Tag Team division enough time to work up some great matches for TNA’s third biggest event of the year, Lockdown.

Well that’s my brief rant over, now let’s get onto the point of me writing this, to show TNA the card that would have made this event special, and would definitely be one of the most praised TNA PPV offerings ever.

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The first in 2010 of WWE’s branded gimmick PPVs, will it work, or won’t it, well I’m going to lay it out right here, right now, I couldn’t care less what the event is called, as long as WWE push the right guys and make a great head start to Mania next week. Yes I was as shocked and embarrassed as the next life long wrestling fan when I saw this years PPV schedule and how much WWE are basically pissing on good gimmick matches to make a quick buck i.e Money in the Bank, but we’ll talk about that another time don’t you worry.

So anyway, with the site been down all week nearly and Elimination Chamber a mear two hours away, let’s get on with my good old predictions and how the event should plan out, in the mind of myself.

WWE Divas Championship – Maryse vs. Gail Kim

Let’s kick it off with a match that I really don’t give a rats arse about and that would be the Divas Championship finale match between Gail Kim and Maryse. And as great as Gail Kim is and how much of a better wrestler she is compared to the barbie doll named Maryse, I think it’s safe to say Maryse will walk out of St Louis tonight as the new Divas Champion. Gail hasn’t been used right since she returned to the company and with Maryse been the new “big thing” in the eyes of the creative, there’s noway in hell Gail will be given the strap tonight.

One thing I will point out though is that if life had a fast forward button, this would be the time to press it. Yes Gail is a tremendous worker and a fine women to have at your disposal, but against the likes of Maryse on PPV, It’s just not something I care about. Looking at the competition factor, TNA could easily book Knockouts matches on their shows because the Knockouts can wrestle, cause some tension and most wrestling fans are actually interested in seeing them, all bar Lacy “I can’t sell a  Von punch” Erich. I might be the only person on this planet who wouldn’t have minded seeing a Divas Elimination Chamber, now that would have been worth watching with the abysmal women roster WWE have at the moment.

Prediction – Maryse

WWE Intercontinental Championship – Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Kane

I’m going to make a confession here, I haven’t watched Smackdown since the return of Edge and I’m totally backlogged with episodes of it on my planner and still haven’t found any time to watch them, so for this prediction, I will say McIntyre will walk out of this event tonight with the belt in tact. But that’s not to say I think the guy will win. Kane being the waste of decent talent he is will no doubt win by a DQ or interference hence Drew keeping hold of the belt tonight. It does seem a weird one to put on PPV looking at the rest of the card, but should keep for a decent watch before the two big ones later on.

Prediction – Drew McIntyre to keep the IC Title

Smackdown Elimination Chamber [World Heavyweight Title] – Undertaker (c) vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth vs. CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio

I have so many great predictions for this match, this is definitely the one I’m most looking forward to watching. Take for example the possibilities in what WWE could have here, a Michael’s interference and pick up the World Heavyweight title going into Mania, and then to defend against the Undertaker in his rematch clause match-up. God could imagine.

Or even Y2J to pick up the title and take the belt straight to the Main Event at Wrestlemania, were he would put the gold on the line against the winner of the 2010 Royal Rumble, Edge. Again due to some HBK interference tricks. Picture this, it’s down to the final two men, The Undertaker and Chris Jericho [Mainly because Taker will be the last one to enter the Chamber to lower the risk of major injury] Michaels distracts Taker and super kicks him, Jericho then hits the lifeless carcass of the Undertaker with a lionsault to get the win.

This way, Edge could cash in his shot for the World Heavyweight Title and get his revenge on Jericho, and by doing so Undertaker won’t get his rematch, giving him no choice but too face Michael’s at Mania, in his last shot to appear on the grandest stage of them all.

Out of all the possible scenarios I tried to come up with, that one was the most realistic.

Although I hope CM Punk will be locked in his cell for a while with a microphone, hurling abuse at the live crowd and no’one can do anything about it until he enters the match, that would be PPV gold.

Prediction – Chris Jericho

Raw Elimination Chamber [WWE Title] – Sheamus (c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton

What were up to the main event already, this PPV will be over before it’s begun, or at least in the prediction column it will. For me this one is more predictable than the Smackdown match of the same. But it’s still split into two halfs of who exactly will leave the WWE Champion tonight.

My main guess to this would be Triple H, yes I know it’s not like he needs the belt or anything, but it would set up a programme between himself and Sheamus which would eventually end at Wrestlemania in a match between them both. Triple H has always spoken really highly of the Irish Born champ and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if that was the main event on the grandest stage of them all.

That or of course Sheamus’s big push could carry on tonight and he could defeat the Game tonight when they turn into the final two competitors,  Using his title belt as a weapon and cheating to win the match, this could still cause heat between the two and turn into a good feud going into Mania, this way Sheamus’s title run could continue and Triple H, as per usual will get to shine with someone very alike, and who could work an excellent match with him at Wrestlemania. I think i like that idea a lot more. But Triple H will walk out of Wrestlemania the new WWE Champion if that plan does come into play.

Prediction – Sheamus

Once again, I hope everyone enjoys the last PPV before the grandest night on the wrestling character in April, Wrestlemania.

Ryan Devlin.

Another year, another Rumble, but for the first WWE PPV of 2010, their seems to be a new era looming in the air, I can feel it, I can smell it, and to be honest, I’m shaking as to what tonight’s no doubt “historic” Royal Rumble will bring to us. For the first time in many a recent year, we have a 30 man over the top rope Rumble that in all honesty, is impossible to predict. Let’s have a look back at the past few winner’s starting with four years ago, the 2006 Rumble winner, Rey Mysterio, to prove just how stale the second biggest WWE event of the year has gotten. I have nothing against Mysterio, he was given a good draw and a top push for this win, entering at number 2 and being the longest running man ever to be inside the Royal Rumble match, this was as exciting as it has been for the last few years, but in all honesty, who else was actually in the Rumble that year who wasn’t either, a. A well known star who’s accolades wouldn’t really be hurt for not winning it, or b. a Young up and coming star ready to take the helm and headline the biggest event on the wrestling calendar? That’s correct, zilch, no’ one.

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OK, first PPV in pro wrestling of 2010 gets underway in a matter of hours, so it seems like the perfect time to do what only i can do best, and deliver a hopefully quite accurate preview and prediction column on the show ahead. As always there are two ways to read these columns and no doubt you’ll be using one of those as we speak, either my very own handcrafted worldofwrestling.net, or the illustrious wrestlehustle.com, however, before I bore you all into a comba, let us get under way as time is ticking by before bell time later tonight.

Sean Morley vs. Christopher Daniels

If someone else finds this feud weird please give me a holla, mainly because from the way Morley was portraying his “new” character on Impact, he talked like a heel, a porn staring heel, with the ambition to destroy a pro wrestling company with his cheaply made adult orientated films. Then here comes “heel” Daniels, a TNA original with only one purpose, save TNA from Morley’s brand of crap and making a mockery of what TNA is trying to achieve. Really what’s going on here.

This isn’t going to be my must see bout of the night, but with everything else that’s coming along with this event, I can’t see anyone remembering Genesis 2010 as the night Daniels and Sean Morley made history, but hopefully Morley can keep up to pace with Daniels and should deliver what’s probably going to be a fairly quick but enjoyable match.

Prediction – Christopher Daniels.

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